bar code

Bar Code

A code placed on a product that a machine can read. Groceries and other products commonly have bar codes on them so a machine can display how much they cost. This ensures accurate prices are paid on retail goods. Bar codes were invented by a graduate student in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1948.

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an alpha or alpha-numeric code, converted into a series of lines and spaces which are marked on products. Bar coding and the use of bar code scanners enables a firm to obtain accurate data quickly on its STOCK position to help with planning its reordering of goods; and can be used to adjust the prices of goods more easily than by replacing price tags. See EPOS.

RFID doesn't do a good job at replacing bar code systems because it's too expensive, and bar coding is more suited for highly-structured, highly-disciplined, highly-engineered business processes," Woods said.

Responding to the growing application requirements of its customers, CYBRA is incorporating a host of forms management features, new printer drivers, usability enhancements, and a way for users of other System i bar code label software to easily convert to MarkMagic and take advantage of the advanced features the CYBRA software offers.

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